Hiding the essence of the program in sacarine sweet euphemisms and then denying any relationship at all to the actual outcome is contemptuous of the New South Wales Parliament and the good people of that state.

"If you love your parents, respect your children, care for your society and think compassionately about your world then it is time to open your heartens when a jurisdiction legalises killing or, as it is called, euthanasia."

Now that’s a headline direct from the ‘now that I’ve got your attention’ files!

I never thought I’d be giving a bouquet to ‘doctor death’. After all, there’s nothing that he has said or done in the public eye that I find the least bit agreeable (except, perhaps, the recent picture of his visit with his mother).

I reject that assessment totally, both personally and on behalf of the many thousands of academics, medicos, lawyers, other professionals and concerned citizens across the globe whose articulate position Denton is either ignoring or dismissing.

No, the story is not about some despotic leader from a third world country. Nor is it an accurate description of the MP in question. But if your name is Marshall Perron, perhaps you have some sort of public immunity from throwing such invective at a fellow conservative MP.